/bkc-node

Bitkub Chain Node

Primary LanguageShell

Bitkub Chain Node

Introduction

Bitkub Chain is an infrastructure of an ecosystem using decentralized technology “Blockchain” which allows anyone to interact with decentralized applications or their digital assets with a very low transaction fee, high-speed confirmation time, trustless and transparency to everyone.

Prerequisites

  • Linux Instance

    • OS - Ubuntu version 18.04
    • Specifications
      • 4 vCPUs
      • 8 GiB of RAM
      • 1 TB of Disk

  • Security Group / Firewall Rules

    • Allow Inbound
      • Protocol - TCP & UDP
      • Port - 30303
      • Source IP - 0.0.0.0/0

Installation Guide

1. Clone Bitkub Chain Node github repo to your instance

git clone https://github.com/bitkubchain/bkc-node

2. Switch to bkc-node/ directory

cd bkc-node/

3. Execute a script file name install.sh that use for setup all dependencies which requires before start a Bitkub Chain node.

./install.sh

4. Select Bitkub Chain Network that you want to run a node Mainnet or Testnet

# Go to mainnet directory if you need to run a Bitkub Chain mainnet node
cd mainnet 

# Go to testnet directory if you need to run a Bitkub Chain testnet node
cd testnet

5. Initialized a geth folder using a genesis.json file

geth init --datadir ${YOUR DIRECTORY} genesis.json

6. Run a node using a config.toml file

geth --config config.toml --datadir ${YOUR DIRECTORY}